Dance Psychology

The founder of the Dance Psychology Lab, Dr. Peter Lovatt, reveals the surprising cognitive and emotional benefits of dancing and prescriptive ways to dance yourself happy. Dancing isn’t just good exercise. Surrendering yourself to the beat can have a far-reaching impact on all areas of your...

Bestselling author Harriet Lerner focuses on the challenge and the importance of being able to express one's "authentic voice" in intimate relationships.The key problem in relationships, particularly over time, is that people begin to lose their voice. Despite decades of assertiveness training...

The Dance of Intimacy takes a careful look at relationships where intimacy is most challenged by too much emotional distance, too much intensity, or simply too much pain. In clear, direct and dramatic terms, Dr. Lerner illustrates how we can move differently in these relationships -- be they...

Our “shadow” is the collection of negative or undesirable traits we keep hidden—the things we don't like about ourselves or are ashamed of, but it also includes our positive, untapped potential. The shadow is often a source of creative inspiration and greater self-acceptance. Befriending the shadow makes fear an ally and enables us to live more authentically. It also automatically improves our interpersonal relationships, because we are freed from the need to project our own negativity onto others, and we become more acutely aware when theirs is projected onto us.

From the celebrated author of The Dance of Anger comes an extraordinary book about mothering and how it transforms us -- and all our relationships -- inside and out. Written from her dual perspective as a psychologist and a mother, Lerner brings us deeply personal tales that run the gamut from...

This is not your typical self-help book that tells you how great you are, pats you on the back, and sends you on your way to buy the next book. It is for readers who desire courageous content, not just audacious titles. This book will challenge you to take a closer and more truthful look at yourself. It will cause you to think critically, confront certain aspects of who you are, and see yourself through a lens of honesty. We cannot become the best version of ourselves until we understand and remove the darker parts of our human nature. It will touch a nerve, may piss you off, and cause a ...

Dance of Attachment is your zero-shame, refreshingly honest guide to stop chasing love and start creating the relationships you deserve. This book translates big science and even bigger feelings into tangible action steps. You will learn how your nervous system hijacks your love life, why your “pick better men” plan keeps failing, and how to change your behaviors without changing who you are.

'Properly creepy and Gothic' IAN RANKIN on the Frey & McGray mysteries... December, 1889. There have been many bad days in Edinburgh police's secret subdivision 'The Commission for the Elucidation of Unsolved Cases Presumably Related to the Odd and Ghostly'. But today is surely the worst...

Longlisted for the 2023 PEN/E.O. Wilson Literary Science Writing Award A lively exploration of animal behavior in all its glorious complexity, whether in tiny wasps, lumbering elephants, or ourselves. For centuries, people have been returning to the same tired nature-versus-nurture debate...

Bestselling Author Harriet Lerner leads you in the most magnificent dance of all: The Mother Dance! Her phenomenally successful audio books have profoundly changed the way we think about anger and intimacy. Now psychologist and mother Harriet Lerner tackles the most emotionally charged, issue of...

An exploration of the largely untapped Medial Woman archetype—the archetype within the psyche who beckons us to an inner journey of intuition—through signs, dreams, myth, and story. Medial Women dance in the dark and return to the light more whole than before. Unlock the hidden power within...

The Personal Development Book for Performers explores the psychology of success and examines the mindsets of the world’s greatest composers, artists and philosophers. This book is for artists, leaders, performers and creative people from all fields, with practical tips and techniques to take creative success to amazing new levels. Anthony King offers advice and guidance, empowering performers, athletes, leaders – creative talented people of all kinds – to help them exceed potential and express creativity to the best of their ability.This book examines the creative mindset of success, ...

Discover your path to a varied and meaningful life, and feel truly alive. In 'But Are You Alive?', entrepreneur and teacher Eloise Skinner explores lessons learned from a decade spent pursuing depth, purpose and meaning, including from her training in a monastic community and in the field of...

Bloomsbury presents Metronome by Matthew H. Birkhold, read by Chris Gaines Object Lessons is a series of short books about the hidden lives of ordinary things. When the metronome was invented in 1815, it transformed the music world. Composers and musicians now had a tool that could help them...

Imagine two souls as halves of the same greater whole, irresistibly drawn together through time and space, on an incredible journey of spiritual awakening and growth. At the core of this fascinating journey lies the paradox of separation, a concept that beautifully encapsulates the mix of joy and pain that can arise in these relationships. When twin flames unite, there's a thrilling sense of completeness and harmony. However, the journey is not always straightforward. It's marked by exhilarating emotional highs—periods filled with bliss and profound understanding—interspersed with ...

*DANCE OF THE SEVEN VEILS* presents the grand overview for understanding your reality & liberating yourself from limiting perspectives, unconscious prejudices, & denials of the reality before you which would otherwise be obvious. The first volume answers the question, What is the real self? The second, What is the Divine Self? The third, What is Naked Reality? These three books are meant to open your mind to what you are standing upon in your perspective on life. They take you back, Veil by Veil & layer by layer, like an archaeological dig or a dance of Salome, to the foundations of your ...

This remarkable book starts with a simple premise: the life within us and around us is a dance of opposites. And then, Dr Scarfalloto shows the reader how such understanding can give new insights practical solutions in addressing various personal, interpersonal, and social issues, such as sexuality, gender, creativity, prosperity, self-worth, family life, guilt, shame, addiction, depression, fear, love, politics, war, spiritually, religion, and God.

This work examines the similarities and differences between sacred dance practices in various cultures and dance therapy in the West, with a particular focus on aspects of meditation and hypnosis. Through a thorough review of literature and analysis of case studies, this thesis aims to explore the potential benefits and limitations of incorporating sacred dance and its associated practices into dance therapy.

Flirtation is one of the most universal and yet misunderstood forms of human communication. It’s a subtle, often silent, dance—a choreography of glances, gestures, tone, posture, and timing. It can be bold and unmistakable or so gentle and nuanced that it goes entirely unnoticed by the untrained eye. Whether in a crowded bar, a casual conversation at work, or a playful chat online, the signals of attraction are always there, waiting to be interpreted. The question is: Do you know what you’re looking for?

Now in an updated fourth edition Sue Doherty, anthropologist and author of the pioneering, practical book, Kinergetics: Dancing with Your Baby (1994), offers must-have cutting-edge research, advice, and insight. A groundbreaking look into the art and science of song, dance, and melodies - and their profoundly nurturing, therapeutic, and developmental effects for infants and caregivers. It is an unprecedented, eye-opening investigation into our evolutionary instinct to rock a baby in our arms.